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2023 Baseball Roster

30 Justin Walton

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height / Weight 6-0 / 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Glen Allen, Va.
  • High School (Prev. School) Glen Allen (Norfolk State)
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2023/GRADUATE
  • Made 10 appearances and one start
  • Went 0-2 with a 17.28 ERA with 8.1 innings pitched
  • Threw 2.2 scoreless innings and struck out five in season debut against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 17)
2022/JUNIOR (NORFOLK STATE)
  • Made 16 appearances and three starts on the mound
  • Posted a 5.81 ERA
  • Went 2-4
  • Pitched a total of 52.2 innings
  • Threw a season-high six innings at Md. Eastern Shore
  • Tossed three innings to pick up the win at Coppin State (3/25)
  • Posted 3.2 innings of work at Coppin State to collect the win (4/9)
  • Recorded a four inning save against NJIT (3/5)
2021/SOPHOMORE (NORFOLK STATE)
  • Saw action in 12 games and started 10 times
  • Was 1-3 with a 7.31 ERA and fanned 43 batters in 44.1 innings
  • Struck out four in three innings of work in his first appearance of the year, at ODU
  • Got the win and struck out a career-high nine batters against NCCU, pitched six innings and gave up just two earned runs that day
  • Struck out seven over five innings in a no-decision against Morehead State
  • Pitched a season-long eight innings and allowed two earned runs with five strikeouts in a no-decision against Delaware State
  • Took another no-decision against Coppin State in mid-April despite allowing just two earned runs over 6.1 innings
  • Struck out four batters in 4.1 innings of relief in the NCAA regional elimination game against Maryland
  • Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
2020/SOPHOMORE (NORFOLK STATE)
  • Appeared in three games on the mound with one start
  • Recorded a 1.17 ERA over 7.2 innings with eight strikeouts
  • Opened the year allowing one earned run (three total) with five strikeouts in five innings of work against Wagner
  • Worked two-thirds of an inning scoreless at Kentucky
  • Pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts out of the bullpen at Old Dominion
  • Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
2019/FRESHMAN (NORFOLK STATE)
  • Made 20 appearances in his rookie campaign, all out of the bullpen 
  • Logged a 1-0 record and 4.50 ERA in 28 innings worked
  • Allowed just 19 hits and a .192 opponents’ batting average
  • Fanned 25 hitters
  • Pitched a scoreless inning at JMU in his collegiate debut
  • Tallied scoreless appearances against Md. Eastern Shore (1.0 IP, 2 strikeouts) and Coppin State (1.1 IP, 1 K)
  • Struck out three over two innings without allowing a hit in the team’s loss to Longwood
  • Earned his lone win and decision of the season at Md. Eastern Shore in early May, struck out two in a scoreless inning of work in that outing 
  • Pitched the final game of the MEAC Tournament championship round vs. Florida A&M
  • Came out of the bullpen with no outs in the top of the first inning and pitched all nine innings
  • Allowed just five hits and two runs, one earned, with no walks and a season-high five strikeouts
  • Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters
  • Played briefly with the Woodstock River Bandits of the Valley Baseball League during the summer.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
  • Four-year letterwinner at Glen Allen High School in Glen Allen, Va.
  • As a senior, was a first-team All-Region 5B selection
  • Also earned second-team All-State 5A and All-Metro honors by the Richmond Times Dispatch.
  • 2018 Glen Allen High School Pitcher of the Year
PERSONAL
  • Son of Latrisha Dehner
  • Has two brothers

Statistics

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